Avatar Sequels Begin Filming In August
 

It's now official. The 4 sequels will be filmed at the same time starting in August.

Here's the news straight from JC:

"The thing is, my focus isn’t on Avatar 2. My focus is on Avatar 2, 3, 4, and 5 equally. That’s exactly how I’m approaching it. They’ve all been developed equally.

I’ve just finished the script to Avatar 5. I’m now starting the process of active prep. I’ll be working with the actors in the capture volume in August, so I’m booked in production every day between now and then.

Our volume is up and running, and everything is designed, and so we’re going full-guns right now. I feel like I’ve been let out of jail, because I’ve been in the writing cave for the last two years. I’m actually enjoying life. I don’t enjoy writing. I wouldn’t wish writing on a dog.”

Here's the link.


Cheers!

:D

"Booked," eh? Part of me still wants to hold my horses but this sounds good.

I'll believe it when I see the words "Avatar 2 has begun filming" :P

Well, at least JC said that the writing is done ( not almost done like it has been since 2014 :p) and that he has moved on to ramping up the volume with filming starting in August. Along with the comic book, Toruk show, and the Avatar exhibit in Asia, it looks like this Ikran is finally taking off again. :) HELL YEA!!

Good to hear! Looking forward to some progress!

^This. Srane! :)

any news is great at this point, 8 years later. here's hoping we start hearing regular updates and news from JC and Lightstorm/Weta.

I hope it's true. I'd like to see the sequels.

Well, now we know why it's going to take so long for filming to start. Avengers: Infinity War started filming a few weeks ago.

Here is more information on the first sequel. It appears that the film will take place eight years after Avatar and will show Jake having a family.

Avatar 2 Explores Jake Sully’s ‘Family Dynamic’

Maybe that's what's the mating after the selection of the wife is for.

Jake's kid is the key to all this, if we get Jake's kid working. Cause he's a funnier character than we've ever had in the movies.

...in seriousness, I trust JC to handle a wider array of 'family' characters well - done right it can make for a great movie :)

If we have family characters, maybe we'll have TV shows like The Sullys, The Sullysons, The Jakesons, The Avatarsons, The Na'visons or even Family Avatar Guy.

You had me thinking that was a real quote for a bit there. :angry:

Hehe, George Lucas can take the credit for that one - though referring to Jar-Jar :D

This is good news to hear. I been waiting for something and it's been eight years.

I'm not real amped about the 8 year gap in the story though. I wanted to see the aftermath of the big battle and the birth.

i agree with this, i want to see the struggle after the rda is booted off the planet, their search for a new Hometree, their search for identity and leadership as Jake learns the ways of the clan. eight years is a lot of time.

Some of it will be seen in flashbacks or be part of the story as a whole when Neytiri and Jake tell the story.

8 years seems a little too long to just use flashbacks and narration :/
I hope there's going to be another montage like Jakes' training

It will be interesting that the wait to see the movie and the gap of time on Pandora will be similar. Even though they will not be in movie form, it looks like the first round of Avatar comics will cover that 8 year span to some degree so it will be interesting to slide back in to the story before it comes full force in the sequels :D

So this will fit in about the time the next ISV has arrived to Pandora after a 6 year flight. Make you wonder how the new humans will react.

Casting site My Entertainment World has confirmed the start of filming for Avatar 2 as August 15.

Avatar 2 Production Start Date Revealed

yay, finally a firm date to production, can't wait! yippeee!!! we're going back to Pandora! :):love:

^ Well if we didnt take that dang rest stop near pluto, hrh :p but we are finally approaching Pandora!!! ;)

Sweet. :)

Nice :) I really hope there are no further delays

no matter what the projected/changed in-theaters date is or will be, it still is great news that it is starting production and photography this year!!! i remain a faithful Avatar fan no matter what, the sequels and prequel are coming! :):love: